The Fernán Gómez Theater. Cultural Center of the Villa presents ‘The Adventure of the Word’, a assembly based on ‘Adventure of the Word in the twentieth century’, the speech of entrance to the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) of Fernando Fernán Gómez on January 30, 2000.
When 25 years of this event starring one of the most political men of the Spanish culture of the twentieth century-Actor, theater director, film, television series, playwright, screenwriter, memorialist, in addition to having a long career full of awards and distinctions–, this space in the area of culture, tourism and sport wants to dedicate this representation as a tribute as a tribute. The actor held the B chair of the Academy at the age of 78, the City Council recalls in a statement.
The Royal Spanish Academy first welcomed the only actor in its history, and did so for its literary merits, which endorsed its inclusion. “We won with him a large part of the effective praxis of the theater, which has been essential for the evolution of the language, the great amplifier, the great transmitter,” said the academic Francisco Nieva.
‘The Adventure of the Word’ is a version/dramaturgy of Raúl Losánez, with the direction of Juan Carlos Pérez de la Fuente and with Nancho Novo and Marta Poveda in the interpretation. Pérez de la Fuente, also director of the center that bears the name of this actor and writer, considers that the speech to enter the Royal Academy of Fernán Gómez is for many academics and critics “one of the best speeches of how many have been heard in such an illustrious institution and a passionate defense of freedom through the word.”
In addition, he adds that “this project fully responds to the criteria and objectives of this artistic direction, which is that the spirit of Fernán Gómez is the identity, the soul and the word of the theater that bears his name.” “We believe it is fair and necessary to do it,” he says.
“Fernán Gómez made his speech of admission to the ‘word’ versate; thus, in his broader and more ethereal sense. About the written word and about the spoken word; about the varied uses that human beings have made and we make of it; on how we have loved and manipulated it, and how it has accompanied us, in any of the cases, in an unfailing way,” says Raúl Losánez, in charge of the version. dramaturgy
‘The adventure of the word’ is a production of the Fernán Gómez theater. Cultural Center of the Villa in collaboration with the Figurín company and can be seen from May 20 to June 22, 2025 in the Jardiel Poncela room of this theater.